Luis Aparicio
Luis Aparicio
Full name: Luis Ernesto (Montiel) Aparicio
Born: April 29, 1934, Maracaibo, Venezuela
First Game: April 17, 1956; Final Game: September 28, 1973
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 160
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1984
AL Rookie of the Year (1956)
TSN AL Rookie of the Year (1956)
SS on TSN AL All-Star Team (1963, 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972)
AL Gold Glove as SS (1958 to 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1970)
Luis Aparicio
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1956 CHI A 152 533 69 142 19 6 3 56 34 2 63 1 14 1 9 21 4 .266 .311 .341 -1.1 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A 143 575 82 148 22 6 3 41 52 1 55 0 9 4 7 28 8 .257 .317 .332 -1.3 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A 145 557 76 148 20 9 2 40 35 2 38 1 8 3 8 29 6 .266 .309 .345 1.3 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A 152 612 98 157 18 5 6 51 53 1 40 3 11 7 11 56 13 .257 .316 .332 -0.2 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A Daily Splits 153 600 86 166 20 7 2 61 43 3 39 1 20 6 0 14 12 51 8 .277 .323 .343 3.4 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A Daily Splits 156 625 90 170 24 4 6 45 38 0 33 1 4 4 0 16 12 53 13 .272 .313 .352 0.7 1961 CHI A
1962 CHI A Daily Splits 153 581 72 140 23 5 7 40 32 1 36 1 4 4 0 11 11 31 12 .241 .280 .334 -0.3 1962 CHI A
1963 BAL A Daily Splits 146 601 73 150 18 8 5 45 36 2 35 2 6 6 0 12 10 40 6 .250 .291 .331 -0.3 1963 BAL A
1964 BAL A Daily Splits 146 578 93 154 20 3 10 37 49 0 51 3 7 5 0 17 13 57 17 .266 .324 .363 1.8 1964 BAL A
1965 BAL A Daily Splits 144 564 67 127 20 10 8 40 46 0 56 3 14 2 0 18 11 26 7 .225 .286 .339 -0.4 1965 BAL A
1966 BAL A Daily Splits 151 659 97 182 25 8 6 41 33 2 42 1 12 2 0 8 10 25 11 .276 .311 .366 1.8 1966 BAL A
1967 BAL A Daily Splits 134 546 55 127 22 5 4 31 29 2 44 1 6 5 0 10 8 18 5 .233 .270 .313 -2.3 1967 BAL A
1968 CHI A Daily Splits 155 622 55 164 24 4 4 36 33 3 43 2 5 2 0 4 10 17 11 .264 .302 .334 3.0 1968 CHI A
1969 CHI A Daily Splits 156 599 77 168 24 5 5 51 66 1 29 2 10 4 0 7 14 24 4 .280 .352 .362 5.4 1969 CHI A
1970 CHI A Daily Splits 146 552 86 173 29 3 5 43 53 1 34 1 5 5 0 10 11 8 3 .313 .372 .404 5.3 1970 CHI A
1971 BOS A Daily Splits 125 491 56 114 23 0 4 45 35 0 43 2 9 4 0 9 7 6 4 .232 .284 .303 -3.0 1971 BOS A
1972 BOS A Daily Splits 110 436 47 112 26 3 3 39 26 0 28 2 5 5 0 14 8 3 3 .257 .299 .351 -0.4 1972 BOS A
1973 BOS A Daily Splits 132 499 56 135 17 1 0 49 43 1 33 0 12 7 0 6 12 13 1 .271 .324 .309 -1.0 1973 BOS A
Total Splits 2599 10230 1335 2677 394 92 83 791 736 22 742 27 161 76 0i156i184 506 136 .262 .311 .343 12.4 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 6 26 1 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .308 .357 .346 1959 CHI A
1966 BAL A Daily Splits 4 16 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .313 1966 BAL A
Total Splits 10 42 1 12 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .318 .333 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1958 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1958 AL
1959 AL Daily Splits 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 1959 AL
1960 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1960 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 1961 AL
1962 AL Daily Splits 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .500 1962 AL
1963 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1963 AL
1970 AL Daily Splits 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 AL
1971 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1971 AL
Total Splits 10 28 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .071 .133 .143 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1956 CHI A SS 152 250 474 35 91 .954
1957 CHI A SS 142 246 449 20 85 .972
1958 CHI A SS 145 289 463 21 90 .973
1959 CHI A SS 152 282 460 23 87 .970
1960 CHI A Daily SS 153 152 143 1345 305 551 18 117 0 .979
1961 CHI A Daily SS 156 151 143 1331 264 487 30 86 0 .962
1962 CHI A Daily SS 152 141 138 1280.2 280 452 20 102 0 .973
1963 BAL A Daily SS 145 145 142 1274.1 275 403 12 76 0 .983
1964 BAL A Daily SS 145 144 138 1271.2 260 437 15 98 0 .979
1965 BAL A Daily SS 141 139 136 1269.2 238 439 20 87 0 .971
1966 BAL A Daily SS 151 151 147 1366 303 441 17 104 0 .978
1967 BAL A Daily SS 131 128 123 1146.2 221 333 25 67 0 .957
1968 CHI A Daily SS 156 151 141 1356.1 269 535 19 92 0 .977
1969 CHI A Daily SS 154 153 140 1321.2 248 563 20 94 0 .976
1970 CHI A Daily SS 146 140 123 1196 251 483 18 99 0 .976
1971 BOS A Daily SS 121 121 114 1057 194 338 16 56 0 .971
1972 BOS A Daily SS 108 108 103 935.2 183 304 16 54 1 .968
1973 BOS A Daily SS 132 129 116 1104.2 190 404 21 68 0 .966
Total SS 2582 1953i1847i17256.1i 4548 8016 366 1553 1i .972
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1959 CHI A Daily SS 6 6 6 52 10 16 2 2 0 .929
1966 BAL A Daily SS 4 4 4 36 9 8 0 2 0 1.000
Total SS 10 10 10 88 19 24 2 4 0 .956
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1958 AL Daily SS 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1959 AL Daily SS 2 2 1 16 5 4 0 1 0 1.000
1960 AL Daily SS 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1961 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1962 AL Daily SS 2 2 1 13 5 5 0 2 0 1.000
1963 AL Daily SS 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1970 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 11.2 0 3 0 0 0 1.000
1971 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 10 8 5 71.2 14 19 0 3 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1954).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Al Smith to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Hoyt
Wilhelm , Dave Nicholson , Pete Ward and Ron Hansen (January 14, 1963 ).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Russ Snyder and John Matias to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Don Buford , Bruce Howard and Roger Nelson (November 29, 1967 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mike Andrews and Luis
Alvarado (December 1, 1970 ).
Released by Boston Red Sox (March 26, 1974 ).
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